Chapter 23 The first mission

Among the members of the first team, Asuma is the son of the Hokage, Hyuga Hizashi is the brother of the Hyuga clan leader, even if he is a branch family, he is a young master, and even Kurenai has a father who is a Jonin, so they basically have never worried about money.

Uchiha Feiyu is different. The Uchiha clan treats him as an invisible person. His parents are civilians and have no pension. In the past few years, apart from relying on hunting to supplement the family income, he has been spending the inheritance left by his parents. It can be said that he has been living beyond his means.

In this situation, Uchiha Feiyu is of course quite interested in money. In the world of Naruto, money is also considered a kind of power.

If Uchiha Feiyu was a wealthy man from the beginning, he would have hired ninjas like Kakuzu, captured a large number of Chunin and Jonin-level rebel ninjas, and extracted their souls one by one to practice ninjutsu. He wouldn't have had a heroic spirit like Hatake Sakumo who could be used for possession until now.

The enhancement of an ordinary Chunin soul to Uchiha Feiyu is limited. In addition, Uchiha Feiyu does not know how to use the soul-subduing method on human souls, so it seems to have no effect.

But in fact, any Chunin basically has strong experience in ninjutsu. Some senior Chunins will also practice changing the nature of chakra. As long as he can gain their experience and learn from their strengths to make up for his own weaknesses, Uchiha Feiyu will have enough confidence to reach the level of elite Jonin in a very short time.

It was almost noon now. Hinata Hizashi took Uchiha Toba and the other two to have a meal first, and then came to the mission hall downstairs in the Hokage building.

Because of the coming of the war, Konoha has now cancelled all D-level missions. Basically, all missions will start from C-level.

The newly formed three-person team can naturally only accept C-level missions. Generally speaking, C-level missions involve combat but do not involve ninjas. Most of them are tasks such as escorting bodyguards and expelling wild beasts.

Hinata Hizashi looked through the task list, then accepted a task to expel the beasts in the fields, and left the task hall with the three little ones.

The bodyguard escort mission is often a long one, at least one or two days to complete. It is much easier to drive away wild beasts because there are no ordinary people to drag them down. If they are close, the mission may be completed in two or three hours.

This time, Hinata Hizashi was looking for a village not far away. It was said that a lot of cattle and sheep raised by the villagers there were eaten by some ferocious beasts, and the traps set by the villagers were useless. Even two hunters who had practiced chakra were eaten by the beasts.

The chakra refining technique in the Naruto world is widely spread. In addition to ninjas, there are also many ordinary people who practice chakra, but most of them do not know any ninjutsu.

But even if it is just a pair of swords with chakra, in the real world, he is a little superhero who is able to fight ten people at once. Ordinary lions and tigers are not enough to defeat him.

Being able to devour a hunter with chakra means that this beast must also be a chakra creature. In order to train Asuma and Hong, Hinata Hizashi has carefully selected the tasks he found.

As for Uchiha Feiyu, the mission that can allow him to train would probably have to be an A-level mission or go directly to the front line.

“We’re here. This is the village!”

Hinata Hizashi took a look at the village in front of him, stopped, and walked in with his three men.

"Are you the ninjas from Konohagakure? You are finally here!"

An old man who looked to be in his 50s walked out of the door. This village was not too far from the Konoha Village. The old man was obviously used to seeing ninjas, and even when he saw Hinata Hizashi's white eyes, he did not panic at all.

"That beast is getting more and more rampant. Just last night, Jiro, who was hiding at home, was also devoured by the monster. We really have no other options. Please, Master Ninja, drive the monster away quickly!"

"That monster eats people on its own initiative?! It seems we really can't keep it alive!" Hinata Hizashi frowned and spoke.

For animals, chakra has the function of opening up their intelligence. Even ordinary frogs and puppies will gradually gain a certain wisdom after obtaining chakra. The intelligence of some chakra animals is even much stronger than that of ordinary people. Even those with low intelligence have about the intelligence of an eight or nine-year-old child.

Chakra animals with this kind of intelligence generally won't actively attack humans, but once they start actively attacking humans, it can easily become the norm and turn them into terrifying beasts.

"It's probably because the two hunters from our village pissed it off last time! It used to only attack livestock, but now it's started to eat humans!"

"By the way, village chief, you always talk about that monster. What kind of animal is the monster you are talking about?"

Facing Asuma's question, the village chief's face suddenly showed distress:
"Well... to be honest, I really don't know. The claw marks of that monster look like some kind of lizard or something like that. It hides during the day and comes out at night. Anyone who has seen its true appearance has already died."

"The most important thing is, apart from the claw marks left at the crime scene, there are no claw marks or footprints anywhere else!"

"It seems that he is not an ordinary chakra animal, but finding people is still my specialty, so leave this guy to me!"

Hinata Hizashi spoke up and said, "Having the Byakugan means you are so confident!"
However, an hour later, Hyuga Hizashi felt like he had been slapped in the face.

They had already checked several places where the crimes had been committed, including the cowshed, the sheepfold, the place where the two hunters were killed, and the room where the villager named Jiro was eaten, but had found nothing.

Apart from the lizard claw marks left at the crime scene, there were neither claw marks of the other party coming nor of the other party leaving. It was as if the other party appeared out of thin air, leaving people puzzled.

Hinata Hizashi also used the power of the Byakugan to circle the jungle near the village several times. Apart from some ordinary wild beasts, he did not find any ferocious beasts with chakra.

"Teacher, where is that monster? Can't even find your white eyes?"

Faced with Asuma's question, Hinata Hizashi was a little depressed and shook his head helplessly.

"Uh...it's really strange..."

"If there were no traces left on the ground, could it be some kind of flying animal?"

Hong frowned and asked, and Hyuga Hizashi immediately shook his head:

"From the claw marks, we can tell the size of the animal. If it was a flying creature, it would have left traces in the jungle and in the room. At least there would have been a hole in the roof!"

"What is going on? Could it be that this animal possesses space-time ninjutsu?"

(End of this chapter)